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Joliet Typographical Union marks forty ninth birthday in 1904 photo
A Labor Day 1904 image shows Joliet Typographical Union No. 194 in front of Mahoney’s Grocery now L F Beach Co across from The Spectator. The piece recalls early Joliet printing days, listing charter and longtime members, former printers, and many now-departed colleagues, with a roll of 128 current members.
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Mahoney’s Grocery
L. F. Beach Co
Spectator
Joliet
F. W. Pearson
George Luksich
E. J. Stone
Ottawa and
Jefferson Streets
Boston
N. P. Ferrell
First Avenue
Alex Ross
The
William Brown
Chicago
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
William Lasser
Republican Printing Company
Herald- News
William Devine
Edward Donahue
William J. O'Connell
Herald-News
Charley Mohr
Mohr
Ferrell
Ross
George Bolton
T. C. Bale
Hugh Bolton